Recovery of silicon powder from kerf loss slurry by centrifugation

Powder Technology

Volumn 200, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 216-223

  Lin, Yen Chih ^a   Wang, Teng Yu ^a   Lan, Chung Wen ^a   Tai, Clifford Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Centrifugal separation; Purity; Silicon kerfs; Wire saw process; Yield

Indexed keywords

A-DENSITY; CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; IRON FRAGMENTS; LIQUID DENSITY; OPERATIONAL VARIABLES; PURITY; SAW PROCESS; SILICON INGOT; SILICON POWDERS; SOLID VOLUME FRACTION;

ABRASIVES; ACETONE; CENTRIFUGES; GLYCOLS; LIQUIDS; METAL CASTINGS; METAL RECOVERY; NITRIC ACID; SILICON CARBIDE; WIRE;

CENTRIFUGATION;

ACETONE; GLYCOL; IRON; NITRIC ACID; SILICON CARBIDE;

ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POWDER; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PURIFICATION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; TIME;

EID: 77951498557     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2010.02.028     Document Type: Article

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